P'burg Man Reports Switchblade Attack Police

June 13, 1985|The Morning Call

A Phillipsburg man told Easton police yesterday he was attacked by a man armed with a switchblade knife.

James Flowers Jr., 23, of 42 S. Main St., said the man confronted him on Larry Holmes Drive at the Northampton Street bridge to Phillipsburg. Flowers said the assailant said, "Remember me from lastnight?" and slashed him in the neck.

Flowers said the man drove away in a white car with New Jersey license plates.

Police said Flowers refused hospital treatment for a cut on his neck after the 10:29 a.m. incident.